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- Sean Campion was born on 20 December 1959 in Freshford, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He is an actor, known for The Foreigner (2017), EastEnders (1985) and Raw (2008).
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- Soundtrack
Grandiose Irish stage, film and television character player Max Adrian, a noted classical performer and musical comedy revue star with a highly distinctive voice and "old school" acting style, was born Guy Thornton Bor on November 1, 1903, in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The son of Edward Norman Cavendish Bor and wife Mabel Lloyd Thornton, Max studied at the Portora Royal School and showed early interest in the performing arts. An intermission singer/dancer at a silent film theatre, he made his stage debut in the chorus in 1925 and proceeded to gain experience on the West End.
Following extensive repertory experience, Adrian (who was occasionally billed as Max Cavendish) enjoyed his first transcontinental stage hit with "First Episode", which toured throughout England and later transferred to Broadway in 1934. He went on to find wide personal success with his roles in "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Doctor's Dilemma" toward the end of the decade. Joining the Old Vic company in 1939, he scored as "The Dauphin" in "Saint Joan", then continued supremely with John Gielgud's company at the Haymarket Theatre in the mid-1940s as "Puck" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Osric" in "Hamlet" and "Tattle" in "Love for Love".
A founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and, much later, Laurence Olivier's National Theatre, Adrian earned widespread admiration for his work on the lighter side as a singer/comedian on the post-WWII musical revue stage. Many were produced by his long-time companion Laurier Lister (1907-1986). He also later performed eloquently, if outrageously, in one-man shows about George Bernard Shaw and the lesser successful "Gilbert and Sullivan".
Following his revue success, the often-bespectacled actor traveled to America in 1956 to appear in Leonard Bernstein's operetta, "Candide", on Broadway. Adrian stayed and pursued a career working in such summer stock productions of "Pygmalion" as Alfred as Doolittle, "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" as "Jourdain", "The Merchant of Venice" as "Shylock", and "The School for Scandal" as "Sir Peter Teazle", but never established a strong footing. He returned to London in 1959 to appear in Noël Coward "Look After Lulu!", which later was taken to Broadway.
In the early 1960s, Adrian became a member of Peter Hall's nascent Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon, wherein he appeared in "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night" and "Troilus and Cressida", as well as the non-Bard productions of "The Duchess of Malfi", "The Devils" and "The Hollow Crown". He also was a founding member of Olivier's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1963, wherein he supported Peter O'Toole "Hamlet" as "Polonius". He also went on to appear in "Saint Joan", "Uncle Vanya", "The Recruiting Officer" and "The Master Builder".
Less renowned for his work on film, Adrian's made his debut in 1934 with two films: The Primrose Path (1934) and Eight Cylinder Love (1934). Film highlights during this earlier period came with his roles in the historical pieces The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941) and Courageous Mr. Penn (1942) and as "The Dauphin" in Olivier's classical masterpiece, Henry V (1944) (aka Henry V). Post-war films included lesser parts in The Taming of Dorothy (1950), Pool of London (1951) and The Pickwick Papers (1952). In later years, he showed some minor flash in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and The Deadly Affair (1967), and capped his cinematic career as a favorite actor of visionary director Ken Russell and his mesmerizingly bizarre films The Music Lovers (1971), The Boy Friend (1971) and The Devils (1971). He fared much better on TV with several Shakespearean and other classical roles, notably as a delightful "Fagin" in "Oliver Twist", impressive Benjamin Disraeli in "Victoria Regina", and as composer "Fredrick Delius" in "Song of Summer".
Dying of a heart attack in 1973, the prolific stage actor, survived by his partner, was paid tribute by such luminaries as Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness and revue co-star Joyce Grenfell.- Stunts
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Martin Grace was born on 12 September 1942 in Lisdowney, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Brazil (1985), Enemy Mine (1985) and Moonraker (1979). He was married to Anna. He died on 27 January 2010 in Spain.- James O'Neill was born on 15 November 1847 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Count of Monte Cristo (1913), West Is West (1920) and The Grain of Dust (1918). He was married to Ellen Quinlan. He died on 10 August 1920 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
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- Producer
- Animation Department
Nigel W. Tierney was born on 6 June 1983 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He is a director and producer, known for Shrek Forever After (2010), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) and Lil Dicky: Earth (2019).- Writer
- Producer
Robin Banks was born in 1972 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Rise and Fall of the Clash (2012), The Punk Rock Movie from England (1978) and Joe Strummer: Cut the Clash (2019).- Red Rum was born on 3 May 1965 in County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979), Ultra Quiz (1983) and Larry Grayson's Generation Game (1978). He died on 18 October 1995 in Cholmondeley, Cheshire, England, UK.
- Cecil H. Meares was born on 14 February 1876 in Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He died on 12 May 1937 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- E.A. Warburton was born on 9 September 1867 in Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Blue Bird (1910). He died on 1 June 1914 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Thomas Kilroy was born on 23 September 1934 in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Thomas was a writer, known for Farmers (1978). Thomas was married to Julia Carlson and Patricia Cobie. Thomas died on 7 December 2023 in Shannon, Ireland.
- James Fennelly was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland. He is known for The Source of Suction (1994), World's Strongest Man (1977) and UK's Strongest Man (1992).
- Tom Maher was born on 25 April 1922 in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. He died on 25 March 2015 in Kilkenny, Ireland.